Tobacco-hanger



(No'ModeL) W. A. PETREE.

- TOBACCO HANGER.

No. 425,548. P55511555 Apr. 15, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

\VESLEY A. PETREE, OF MIZPAH, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,548, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed November 4, 1839. Serial No. 329,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WEsLEY A. PEIREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mizpah, in the county of Stokes and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Hangers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanybow spring wire attached to it, showing sev-' eral leaves strung upon it. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view, in detail, of the stick enlarged, showing the two ends of the stick and the hooked ends of the wire. Fig. 3 is a view of the wire hook. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letters, A designates a stick of any suitable length, which is adapted to be hung upon rack-bars in a drying-house. This stick may be rectangular in cross-section, or it may be of any other suitable shape. It is perforated at a. I). These perforations are preferably elongated and terminate in -shaped slots a h, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

In practice I prefer to employ sticks which are produced at the saw-mill without dressing, and to form the perforations, as described, by angers and indentations, although I do not confine myself to any mechanical means for producing the said holes and indentations or elongated recesses.

B designates my improved bowed needle, which I use in combination with the perforated stick above described. This needle serves a double purpose, to wit: It is constructed of any suitable gage of wire and of a length adapted to be sprung into the perforations a b of the stick A. On one end of this needle is formed a hook (7., adapted to engage with the perforation a and to enter the slotat thereof. The opposite end of the needle is provided with apointed hook d, which is adapted to engage with the perforation b and to enter the slot Z) thereof. The needle itself is bow-shaped and made of spring-wire, so that not only byits own elasticity do its hooks hold themselves in the perforations made in the supporting-stick, but it will be observed that the weight of the tobacco-leaves which I'string upon it will also draw the hooks more firmly into the grooves above described.

Now in operating this device the pointed hooked end of the needle is held free from the stick, the opposite end of the needle beingengaged with the stick and the latter adjusted upon a table against a suitable stop. The leaves are then strung upon the needle and properly adjusted thereon, as many as may be desired. lVhen the needle is filled, the pointed hooked end is engaged with the perforation in the stick A and the stick hung upon a rack in the drying-house.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The within-described improved article of manufacture, consisting of a tobacco-stick having the perforations a I) through it, in combination with a removable spring bow needle 

